Online, in shape: Stone Oak trainer offering Internet workouts

By David Kendrick :
August 13, 2012
: Updated: August 16, 2012 2:12pm

As people continue to rely on the Internet, Casey Miller has found a way to use technology to bring one more thing to our homes – the gym.

Miller, a veteran fitness trainer from Iowa, started Biomechanically Fit www.biomechanicallyfit.com earlier this summer in an effort to provide personal training to his clients from the comfort of their homes.

The premise of the site, Miller says, is that people want to get a good workout but want it on their terms.

“This is something I've always wanted to do,” Miller said. “It's something where, I thought ‘This is how I would do things if I could.' I wanted to make the training more accessible to more people.”

After years of training clients in gyms, he took the plunge into online training. While he still trains a handful of clients at the gym, he now has about 30 who have joined Biomechanically Fit, and he sees the day when the site will be his full-time job.

“I looked at other exercise sites and figured out what we have, what they have,” said Miller, whose brother, Chris, is the web designer.

“Then we put it together with our approach. What makes us different from other sites is that they can print out a program of what you should do,” Miller added. “Well, we can do that. But also, we give you the video and you push play and get it done in 30 minutes.”

Miller, who has a bachelor's degree in exercise and sport science, offers two basic packages on his site. The $9.99 on-your-own package gives a client access to the site's videos, blogs and tips.

For $19.99 a month, a client will receive weekly e-mail support, a custom program with four workouts on DVD and a 30-minute consultation in which Casey discusses clients' progress and goals.

Casey also offers training sessions with clients who are in remove locations.

He trains clients on whatever platform suits their needs, whether it be phone, Skype or something in between – “whatever works,” said Miller, who trains out of his Stone Oak-area house.

Clients can start at one of three levels – beginner, intermediate or advanced. A typical beginner workout, for example, would include chair push-ups, while the intermediate would include floor pushups and the advanced explosive push-ups.

While still in its infancy stage, the Miller bothers envision the program continuing to grow. It's a long time coming for Casey.

“For him, after years working in a gym and seeing how people train,” Chris said, “he saw this as a safer way to train. He also saw it as something more long-term.”

Chris is a longtime web designer who now does desktop applications in the Colorado Springs area when he's not working on Biomechanically Fit.

He has plans to add other features to the Biomechanically Fit site, including a fitness tracker application that will track users' progress. Not only the founder's brother and the web designer, Chris uses the site himself to stay in shape.

“I work out three to four times a week,” Chris said. “I had back surgery, and this is something safe for me to do. I think it's that way for a lot of people who use the site – it's a way to get access to a trainer without going out.”